Royal Poinciana and cold weather
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Comments (55)I grew about 15 royal poincianas from seed and gave many of them away to my friends who didn't really take care of them. I have 5 planted in the ground, lining my driveway. They have survived one winter so far and I did cover them except for one night that caught me by surprise and got to about 30 degrees with no protection. They did get frost burn and I thought most of them were dead but they just sprouted again at the bottom and grew like crazy. End of summer this year, they are all between 5 and 7 feet tall. I will take precautions this winter with lights and frost cloth for sure....See MoreDwarfed Royal Poinciana?
Comments (8)Hi Katkin. How often do you have to prune it? The old man at Lychee Tree nursery in Stuart told me I better not even think about relying on pruning to keep a RP under control, since the roots get as big as they want, and the imbalance between roots and canopy mewnsit'll need pruning CONSTANTLY. Is he right? 25-30 would still be a stretch. Most of my yard is consumed by fruit trees which will hopefully get bigger soon! I'm trying to plan for full size rather than current size. :) Thanks for the offer. I may have to take you up on it but I'm just about to leave town for awhile. Maybe when I get back. :)...See MoreRoyal Poinciana advice needed
Comments (22)Hi, after many attempts I finally have got a royal poinciana in the back garden now about 8feet high. All went well for the first two years outside then this spring after a good start it dropped all the leaves after a hail storm. Now the temperature is way up again for the Australian summer, I am giving it lots of water but every new sprig that comes out drops its leaves after a week. They keep coming and the leaflets keep dropping. I wonder if it may be a disease in the soil that is stopping the roots taking up water? We have a fungus here that does that to native plants....See MoreRoyal Poinciana Tree was great for years, now... kinda worried.
Comments (11)Hi most of the info . on Schizolobium i found was from Brazil where they are grown as fillers for degraded forest and for plywood. Certainly not a rare tree in the climate zone . Not one mention of the sticky resin or the function lol Last year it started to develop "brace roots " which are now around 5 foot out on either side of the main trunk lol Pruning is difficult due to the growth habit When coat rack pruned was reduced to 15 feet but is already push 30!! Literature says 60 meters!! Easily damaged by low winds and I'm in a hurricane zone lol I'll probably have to remove it at some point but was hoping to see at least one flower. Friend sent me pix of some in Panama and were spectacular.!! Only Delonix I've tried to grow was a white form kept it 10 years in a pot,grew well but no flowers . Gave it to a friend who put it in the ground has tripled in size but no flowers. fear it;'s permanently stunted , bummer lol. Good luck with your Schizo. keep those pruning shears handy or maybe a good chain saw ?? lol gary...See Morelee_tucson
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